The Employment and Support Allowance (Exempt Work & Hardship Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

PART 1Introduction

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment and Support Allowance (Exempt Work & Hardship Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.

(2) This regulation and regulations 2 to 4 come into operation on 3rd April 2017.

(3) Regulation 5 comes into operation immediately after the coming into operation of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1).

(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.